Breaking News: On Monday, October 21st, the Ohio Controlling Board is scheduled to vote on Governor John Kasich’s recommendation to implement Obamacare Medicaid expansion in our state “without legislative approval.” The Cincinnati Enquirer is now reporting that, Ohio House Speaker Bill Batchelder (R),

“…is expected to replace the two House members on the (Ohio Controlling Board) with substitutes. One of the replacements is expected to be a “yes” vote and one a “no” vote.” (Full story at this link.)

If Speaker Batchelder makes these last minute changes, he will single-handedly cement Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion in Ohio and advance one of the most detested and destructive pieces of legislation ever to come out of Washington, D.C.

For the Speaker of “the peoples’ House,” to make such a move in a state where in 2011, 66% voted against Obamacare and for health care freedom is nothing short of stunning.

That Speaker Batchelder has ostensibly spent his career as a fiscal conservative and a protector of individual rights makes such a move even more startling.

Batchelder should NOT choose to make his legacy Obamacare rather than the conservative principles he has been known to uphold and for which the people of Medina County had sent him to Columbus to fight.

We urge you to CALL Speaker Batchelder early Monday and respectfully tell him NOT to join Governor Kasich in his effort to usurp the will of the people and our legislature by forcing through Obamacare Medicaid expansion.

Speaker Bill Batchelder can be reached at: (614) 466-8140.

Calls to Senate President Faber’s office should continue as well in case there is a last minute maneuver to swap out a Senator instead of the two House members on the board.

Like Batchelder, Senator Faber is from a heavily conservative district where three out of every four people voted against Obamacare in 2011.

Faber was sent to Columbus to stop Obamacare, not to advance it. Faber’s legacy is on the line and Ohioans should watch if he is willing to wear the Obamacare mantle and further universal health care in a state that has overwhelmingly rejected it.

Senator Faber can be reached at: (614) 466-7584

We encourage you to attend the Ohio Controlling Board meeting at the Statehouse on Monday. Our visible presence is an important reminder to those casting the deciding votes of the people they have been sworn to represent. The Ohio Controlling Board will meet in the North Hearing Room of the State Senate building in Columbus. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:30p.m. The room seats about 90 people and has room for an estimated 60 more to stand.

I have worked in many senior citizens homes, you would be shocked at how many can not afford their medications. Many decide between their groceries and meds, they are forced to cut their meds in half. Meanwhile our government blows billions of dollars overseas for countries that don’t even like us. Do you have any idea of the poverty right here in America???????

Any aid to another country should consist of food not bombs, medicine not tanks, tractors to grow food not war planes, shelter not cash!!!! We need to stop feeding the worlds war machine!

We need to close our borders, terrorist will not fly in on airplanes, they will run across our unprotected borders! Bring our soldiers home, put them on border patrol!

It is past time for our politicians to WAKE UP and start serving the working people in this country they have been elected to serve. They need to be on the same social security program the rest of us are on, then social security will receive proper funding. They need to be on the same health care program the rest of us are on. If it is good enough for us, it’s good enough for them! Only when they feel the pain of the working class American will things improve!!!!

I’m concerned when I see such unrest! A million bikers, our veterans, and truckers heading to Washington……Our leaders need to take this as a warning…….. Americans, the working class people have had enough!

Linda Wilson
October 20, 2013 at 5:57 pm

vote no on Medicaid expansion, not go for Ohio. Listen to the voters in Ohio, we can’t afford to loss jobs and full time worker turned into part time workers. Ohio citizens have watched the results unfolding its too costly and there will be still individuals who will fall through the cracks of big government.

Jon D.
October 21, 2013 at 8:14 am

When you call Speaker Batchelder’s office, mention that it is against the Ohio revised code for the Controlling Board to go against the will of the House and Senate. ALso, point out that this is Batchelder’s last term as speaker. His legacy will be that he helped Obamacare Medicaid spread in Ohio. Not a legacy any Republican should want.

Jennifer Bond
October 21, 2013 at 9:06 am

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lawguy
October 21, 2013 at 11:23 am

So you are saying that if the speaker does this, then his legacy will be to provide affordable health care to millions more Ohioans, than have it now.

How terrible that would be.

LuAnn L.
October 21, 2013 at 8:06 pm

What recourse do we, The People, have against this implementation?

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